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Table 2 Prevalence of bacterial isolates among study participants

From: Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance profiles of respiratory microbial flora in African children with HIV-associated chronic lung disease

Bacterial species

Nasopharyngeal swabs

Sputum samples

CLD+ (n = 336)

CLD- (n = 74)

p

CLD+ (n = 326)

CLD- (n = 74)

p

No. of isolates (%)

No. of isolates (%)

S. pneumoniae

154 (46%)

19 (26%)

0.008

83 (25%)

17 (23%)

1

S. aureus

77 (23%)

9 (12%)

0.164

93 (29%)

21 (28%)

1

H. influenzae

40 (12%)

4 (5%)

0.576

12 (4%)

2 (3%)

1

M. catarrhalis

49 (15%)

2 (3%)

0.012

30 (9%)

4 (5%)

1

≥ 1 bacterial species

226 (67%)

29 (39%)

< 0.001

161 (49%)

37 (50%)

1

  1. Fisher’s exact test used for comparison. Statistical significance: p-value<0.05. p-values adjusted using the Bonferroni method.
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BMC Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1471-2334

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